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Written by guardian.co.uk
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I will not be the only person who reacted with amusement to the news that HarperCollins has just launched a website that encourages would-be authors to upload sample chapters, which will then be judged not by professional editors, but by readers. Amusement at the company's chutzpah, specifically - but amusement tempered with some sympathy, too. |
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The News -
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Written by guardian.co.uk
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Nigel Hamilton opens his new primer How to Do Biography (Harvard) with the bold boast that we are living in "a golden age" of life writing. Really, he should know better. To anyone who reads, reviews or writes on the subject, such confidence is baffling. (Hamilton, a Briton, lives mainly in the States, which may account for his rosy myopia.) Seen close up, and with an eye to proper detail, biography appears in rather a bad way. "Crisis" would probably be putting it too strongly, not least because it suggests a certain convulsive energy. "Sclerosis" might be nearer. |
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The News -
Editing
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Written by Nigel Fogden
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 Q. How many copy editors does it take to screw in a light bulb? A. Is "light bulb" one word or two? Editors have a hand in nearly every piece of writing that makes it to print--and they do a lot more than catch spelling mistakes. If your job involves writing then you need to know what editors do. Broadly speaking, there are three different types of editing--each with a specific purpose. |
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Written by Yvonne Perry
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 There is a difference in developmental editing and copy editing. In copy editing spelling, punctuation, and mechanical errors are the task at hand. Developmental editing comes prior to copyediting. |
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